Hybrid
materials with more than two components allow us to merge the advantage of each
one into one composite material. Controllable design and integration of
different kinds of materials lead to the generation of multifunctional hybrids
which show new properties superior to those of the individual elements via the collective
behavior of the functional building blocks. The goals of our research are to
exploit the science of new class of solution-processed nanostructured hybrid
materials that have promise for various applications encompassing energy and
environment–1) Carbon Nanostructured Composite for Energy Storage and
Conversion; 2) Nanoarchitectured Hybrid Materials for Water Remediation; 3)
Hybrid Metal–Organic Framework Based Functional Materials for Energy Storage
and Separation. The main motivation of our research lies in expanding the
possible range of material characteristics with a major focus on outlining a
comprehensive approach for materials synthesis as well as various forms of
characterization and understanding structure−property relationship. Based on our
expertise in various kinds of synthesis and characterization encompassing
organic and inorganic materials, our future research will have leverage for
establishing state-of-the-art research to understand, design, and exploit the
benefits of novel multifunctional hybrid nanomaterials with high performance
that will potentially lead to major advances in a variety of applications.